Seeding-machine.



No.788,911. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. S. H. JONES.

SEEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1905.

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SEEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrica.

SYLVESTER H. JONES, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SEEDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SEEDlNG-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 788,911, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed January 30, 1905. Serial No. 243,446.

To w/wm it y Gouger: Like letters of reference indicate like parts Be it known that I, SYLVESTER H. J ONES, a throughout said views. citizen of the United States, residing at Rich- In Fig. 1 I have shown a wagon-bed (indi- 5o mond, in the county of Wayne and State of dicated by reference-letter A) and the carry- 5 Indiana, have invented certain new and useing-wheels of the wagon, (indicated by referful Improvements in Seeding-Machines, of ence-letter B.) The'end-gate of the bed of which the following is a specification. the machine is indicated by C, Fig. 3. The

My invention relates to improvements in carrying-wheel B has secured to its spokes a 5 5 seeding-machines, and more particularly to sprocket-wheel a. The sprocket-chain a that kind of machine generally known as Fig. 1, connects withawheel a". This wheel broadcast-seeders. It is adapted to be atis rigidly secured to ashaft a. By means of tached to the end-gate of an ordinary wagonthe sprocket-chain a the shaft (0 is rotated by bed. the wheel B. This shaft a also has secured to 60 My improvement consists in the construcit in proximity to wheel a the sprocket-wheel tion of a seeding-machine of the character (I, which connects, by means of the sprocketspecified which is adapted to make a more chain a, with a sprocket-wheel (i rigidly seeven and desirable scattering or cast of seed cured to shaft to". The shaft a" carries the feedthan any device previously known. ing devices (1/ Fig. 2, and by means of the con- 5 My object is to construct aseeding-machine nection formed by the sprocket-chains a and having a regulator which will enable the op- (L the said feedingdevices are operated. These erator of the machine readily to adjust the feeding devices are of the form of fluted feedmachine for variations in the speed of moveing-wheels, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and, as ment of the machine and in the kind of seed heretofore explained, there are two of these 7 to be sown. It also enables the operator to wheels securely fastened to said shaft a and z 5 provide for different conditions of sowing, so adapted to rotate with said shaft. I have that the cast of seed will always be even and shown acut-off slide for each feed-wheel, (inproper. dicated by a The operator of the machine I have preferably shown a machine having by moving these slides can out off either or a plurality of distributing-fans and a single both feeding devices. 30 regulator for said fans, which regulator can The seed is carried in a hopper a, and, as

be adjusted to provide for the proper disis common in all seeding devices of this chartributing of the grain by all said distributingacter, it is adapted to flow through said hopfans. I have preferably shown a plurality of per to the bottom thereof and to be carried feeding devices, there being one seeding deby the feeding-wheels (0 to apoint where it 3 5 vice for each distributing-fan. Consequently drops into the supplemental hopper a, Fig. by my improvement when one feeding device 2. From this supplemental hopper a the is shut off the machine will continue to cast seed passes to the distributing-fans a. In the seed from theremaining device by means my improved machine the point where the 5 of one distributing-fan and will thereby digrain is fed to the distributing-fan remains 4 minish the breadth of the cast by about oneconstant and does not vary for the conditions half. nor for the kind of grain. These distribut- In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of ing-fans a and a Fig. 3, are securely fasmy device, showing the seeding adjustment tened to upright shafts a and these shafts on the rear of an ordinary wagon-bed. Fig. are supported bya support a, which support 45 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 0 a" of is journaled loosely on shaft a, so that said Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the desupport also forms a bearing for said shaft vice, and Fig. 4 is a plan view thereof. a, and said support is secured to the end-gate C. Said support also forms bearings for the lower ends of the upright shafts a. The gear-wheels a are secured to said shaft a and are rotated by said shaft. These wheels mesh with gear a, securely journaled on said shaft a, so that the two shafts a are rotated by said gear a and a, and the distributingfans a and a rotate in unison therewith. It is apparent that whenever the speed with which the horses or other motive power applied to the wagon or carrier for such distributer varies the speed of the distributingfans a, and a will change accordingly. It is also apparent that when the weight of the grain or the quality thereof varies the centrifugal force imparted to said grain as it is fed upon the distributing-fans will be varied. To provide for these contingencies and for other conditions, I have disclosed a single regulator b, which is common to both distributing-fans. This regulator is adjustable, and by means of it the operator can provide for change of speed in the movements of the machine, as well as change in the weight or quality of grain to be sown. In Fig. 2 I have shown the regulator adjusted for ordinary conditions-that is to say, for sowing wheat of average kind and quality weighing about sixty pounds to the bushel and with the machine being propelled at the rate of two and one-quarter miles per hour. The distributing-fans, Fig. 4:, rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow.

It will be seen that the regulator Z2 is formed with a rib I), which rests upon the edge of a rearwardly-projecting plate 6 This plate 6 projects from the side of a supplemental hopper and is formed with a slotted opening 6 A bolt 6 extends through an opening in said regulator Z2 and projects through the slotted opening 6 and is adapted to clamp the regulator b in proper adjustable position to the supported plate 6 by means of the nut 6 It will be apparent that the bolt 6 is adjusted so that it is located near the forward end of the slotted opening 6 (looking toward the front of the wagon.) If the speed of the machine should be increased, the bolt 6 may be loosened by the nut 6 Fig. 3, and the regulator b can then be moved rearwardly and securely fastened in its adjusted position by tightening the nut 71 If, however, the speed of the machine is decreased, the adjustment may be-made by moving the regulator forward. There is an increasing demand for more accuracy or for a more equal distribution of grain or seed over the ground and for a cast that will be even and equal, and as the speed of the team affects both the width and evenness of the cast I find it necessary to provide a regulator which can be adjusted to the different team speeds. It is to be remembered that in machines of this character the machine is drawn back and forth across the field; but the center of the cast must be properly formed each time, while the sides of the cast may be increased in amount upon the return of the machine, for the sides overlap. In general, therefore, it is desirable that at the extreme sides the cast should be lighter than at the center, and my machine is adapted to provide for variations in the quality of the grain and the speed of machine, so that this relation will be maintained. I maintain a constant point of feed to the distributingfans, and the adjustment is by means of the regulator, which is formed with deflectingplates. As shown in Fig. 4, the deflectingplates 1) and b conform in shape to the circumference of the distributing-fans. The result is that when the distributing-fans rotate and the grain is thrown by centrifugal force off the distributing-fans it strikes the concave surface of the deflecting-plates b and Z2, and the amount of grain scattered at the center of the cast is thereby regulated. If the machine is running slow, the regulator, as heretofore explained, is moved forward so that the deflecting-plates are in close proximity to the distributing-fans, and the apex or forward edge of the regulator b is adjusted nearer to the point of feed of the grain to the distributingfans, and the deflecting-plates of the regulator prevent the dropping of too great a quantity of seed at the center of the cast.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a seeding-machine, means for scattering radially the seed delivered from the said machine, and a regulating device for changing the path of movement of part of said seed after it is discharged from said first-mentioned means.

2. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a plurality of fans for scattering the seed delivered from said machine, and an adjustablc regulating device cooperating with said fans to divert part of the seed from the path of movement given it by said fans, for the purpose specified.

3. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a plurality of distributing-fans, a regulator for said fans located intermediate to two of said fans, said fans being movable in substantially the same planes and adapted to throw the grain toward said regulator.

4. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a distributing-fan with a regulating device, located in proximity to the outward periphery of said fan, and having a deflecting-plate arranged to conform to the periphery of said fan.

5. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a plurality of distributing-fans with a regulating device intermediate said fans, said regulating device being formed with concave surfaces, one of said surfaces being arranged in close proximity to the periphery of the distributing-fans.

6. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a distributing-fan and a regulating device comprising a deflecting-plate, the two ends of said plate arranged substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said distributing-fans, and capable of adjustment, while maintaining the relative position of said ends with said plane.

7. In a seeding-machine, the combination of two distributing-fans with a regulating device formed with an apex and having two sides radiating from said apex, each side adapted to cooperate with a distributing-fan to deflect the grain thrown from said fan.

8. In a seeding-machine, the combination of a plurality of feeding devices and a cut-off device for each feeding device, a plurality'o't' distributing-fans, said fans being located below said feeding devices, and means for de fleeting the grain thrown from said distributing-fans, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of January, A. D. 1905.

SYLVESTER H. JONES. Witnesses:

CHARLIE H. Ross, ELMER E. TowLE. 

